You will create a professional growth plan with emphasis on developing your leadership skills and carrying them out in accordance with your talents and personal styles and responding to local needs. Use the template to guide your thinking. You can be somewhat general or very specific.
Share information, handouts, and ideas with other teachers
Post lesson plan(s), activities, etc on the Internet
Present information on language programs to the school board
Present workshop(s) or in-service sessions
Recruit fellow teachers for workshops
Serve as Department Chair for languages
Participate in district/school/department curriculum meeting(s)
Serve as a mentor teacher, BTSA support provider
Serve as a Master/Cooperating teacher
Work on a textbook selection committee
Write a letter supporting language learning to your representative
Serve as an officer in a language organization
Work with the state or regional language organization
Publish article(s) for publication
Organize field trips for language enrichment
Organize student trips abroad
Host festivals
Serve as STARTALK Lead Teacher
Write grant(s) application
Present at a conference
Belong to a language association
Mini-Presentations (July 19)
On Day 5 you will give a very short (maximum 5 minutes!) presentation on an essential topic for teacher leaders. You may work alone or with a partner. These topics have been chosen for you because they cover material all language educators should know, and as leaders you may well be asked to share your expertise with other teachers.
Obviously, you have very little time to prepare and a limited amount of time to present. Use the Presentation Planning Organizer as a guide. You don’t need to include all the details, but should have a good outline.
Since you may want to expand on this presentation later, make notes of ideas you would like to incorporate but don’t have time for now. For example: “Find authentic document to support this point.” “Include pictures as illustration of the idea.”
Professional Leadership Growth Plan (Due August 5)
You will create a professional growth plan with emphasis on developing your leadership skills and carrying them out in accordance with your talents and personal styles and responding to local needs. Use the template to guide your thinking. You can be somewhat general or very specific.Growth Plan Template
Ideas for Professional Growth
Mini-Presentations (July 19)
On Day 5 you will give a very short (maximum 5 minutes!) presentation on an essential topic for teacher leaders. You may work alone or with a partner. These topics have been chosen for you because they cover material all language educators should know, and as leaders you may well be asked to share your expertise with other teachers.Obviously, you have very little time to prepare and a limited amount of time to present. Use the Presentation Planning Organizer as a guide. You don’t need to include all the details, but should have a good outline.
Since you may want to expand on this presentation later, make notes of ideas you would like to incorporate but don’t have time for now. For example: “Find authentic document to support this point.” “Include pictures as illustration of the idea.”
Presentation Organizer